Category: Quakers
Quaker specific content, theology, worship, training, community, both relating to Britain Yearly Meeting and the wider Quaker family.
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Reading through Quaker Faith & Practice – an introduction
From October 1st 2015 until April 2017, alongside many others, I will be taking part in a group reading through of Quaker Faith & Practice (Qf&P). I’m taking part in both on-line groups and discussions – plus a physical discussion group in my local meeting. I’ll share some of my thoughts and discoveries here too and
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What is the Purpose of Business?
Quaker Business Conference ’15 Wednesday, 4th November 2015 – Friends House, 173-177 Euston Road, London. NW1 2BJ. Programme: (10:30am – 4:30pm) The 11th Q&B Annual Conference is asking the question ‘What is the purpose of business?’ This question will be addressed by some of the UK’s cutting edge speakers, with opportunities for group exploration in
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Quaker A-Z: X is for eX-hibitions
X is for eXhibition Earlier this week I went into Friends House specifically to visit this exhibition – and thoroughly enjoyed it. Gorgeous colours and textures shown off beautifully in the space, the sound track enhanced the art as you moved around the exhibit. There were several Ffriendly faces that I recognised, but there were
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Quaker A-Z: S is for Safeguarding
A&Q 18 How can we make the meeting a community in which each person is accepted and nurtured, and strangers are welcome? Seek to know one another in the things which are eternal, bear the burden of each other’s failings and pray for one another. As we enter with tender sympathy into the joys and sorrows
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Quaker A-Z: O is for Openness
This post is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. O is for Openness Qf&P 20.20 For a Quaker, religion is not an external activity, concerning a special ‘holy’ part of the self. It is an openness to the world in the here and now with the whole of the
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Quaker A-Z: K is for Knowledge & Know-how
This post is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. K is for Knowledge & Know-how “Learning the Knowledge” or the 25000 streets in central London that a taxi driver must be able to recognise to gain their license has been shown to result in a visibly bigger hippocampus. Whilst
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Quaker A-Z: J is for Joining the Dots
This post is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. J is for Joining the Dots In the last post I talked about how so many of the jobs done both in the meeting house and across the country in each meeting house have similarities. Each meeting will have their
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Quaker A-Z: G is for gifts
This post is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. Qf&P 3.22 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in
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Political Policies
Doubtful Votes from Coventry Council on Flickr Advice & Query 34 Remember your responsibilities as a citizen for the conduct of local, national, and international affairs. Do not shrink from the time and effort your involvement may demand. You may have heard there is a General Election on the near horizon… There are Quakers standing
